dielectric heating

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the heating of a nonconducting substance caused by dielectric loss when the material is placed in a variable electric field.

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dielectric heating British  

noun

1. a technique in which an insulator is heated by the application of a high-frequency electric field

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Etymology

Origin of dielectric heating

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The range of microwave frequencies is specially selected so that the polar molecules, in trying to keep orienting themselves with the electric field, absorb these energies and increase their temperatures—called dielectric heating.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015